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nettle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, rag, rile, vex |
| Type of | displease |
| Has types | harass, antagonise, antagonize, beset, peeve, plague, provoke, rankle, ruffle, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, eat into, fret, get, get under one's skin, grate, harry, hassle, molest |
| Verb group | chafe |
nettle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | weed |
| Has types | friendship plant, artillery plant, laportea canadensis, panamica, panamiga, pilea involucrata, pilea microphylla, pilea pumilla, richweed, roman nettle, stinging nettle, urtica dioica, urtica pipulifera, clearweed, dead nettle, wood nettle |
Examples of nettle
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Well, I'm here to report that I am now self sufficient in the nettle department.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Randomized controlled trial of nettle sting for treatment of base-of-thumb pain.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Are we similarly failing to grasp the nettle with structural change in schools?
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
A sea nettle drifts through New Pass with the incoming tide on Tuesday morning.
From the heraldtribune.com
Nettle plants are rare in populated areas, therefore the butterfly is rarely seen.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I've played around with this to make nettle porridge to serve with some cured ham.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Going barefoot is no longer fun once the burning nettle has invaded your lawn.
From the cgi.fark.com
Other herbal remedies include garlic juice, fresh nettle juice and thuja tincture.
From the washingtonpost.com
The offer to share two of Europe's eight seats hardly seemed to grasp this nettle.
From the economist.com
- Any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)
- Sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation
- Annoy: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"
- Nettle is the common name for between 30-45 species of flowering plants of the genus Urtica in the family Urticaceae, with a cosmopolitan though mainly temperate distribution. They are mostly herbaceous perennial plants, but some are annual and a few are shrubby.
- (Nettles (folklore)) Nettle, both stinging and non-stinging (sometimes called "dead-nettles"), have many folklore traditions associated with them. The folklore mainly relates to the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica), but confusion with the similar non-stinging Lamium was common.
- Nettles or Nettle is a locational surname of British origin, which means a person from a place overgrown with nettles. The name may refer to:
- (Nettles) translates two Heb. words: (I) kharul, plur. kharulim (A. V., Job, xxx, 7; D. V. "briers"; Soph., ii, 9; Prov., xxiv, 31; D. V. "thorns"), see Bramble; (2) qimmosh, qimmeshonim (Prov., xxiv, 31; A. V. "thorns"; Is. ...
- (Nettles) An herb rich in Vitamins A and C which can stimulate hair growth.
- (Nettles) Coarse herbs known for their tonic, astringent and revitalizing properties.
